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A hearse carrying the body of 19-year-old Jacob Leicht of the Humboldt Broncos, leaves his funeral in Humboldt, Sask., on Apr., 13, 2018.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

About 2,500 hockey fans chanted “go Broncos go” one final time today for a 19-year-old described as “the classic underdog hockey player.”

Jacob Leicht was one of 16 people who have died after a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos and a truck collided last Friday at a rural intersection north of Tisdale.

His funeral was held today at the rink in his hometown of Humboldt.

Family friend and former coach Shaun Gardiner says Leicht wasn’t a big player, but what he lacked in size he made up for in hard work.

Three of Leicht’s teammates were at the service – one receiving applause as he was brought in in a wheelchair.

His mother, Celeste Leicht, says people should help one another and asked the audience to do one final thing for her son.

She asked for 11 chants of “go Broncos go” followed by the blowing of horns and noisemakers for 11 seconds to honour her son’s jersey number.

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